He is baffled. Which takes quite a bit to do honestly. The iron horse who clearly thinks he knows him, lashes out with frustration at clearly some misunderstanding. And this is apparent by the creased metal lines of the emerald tinted stallions face.
He is however not shocked by Kove. When she shows concern for the one who is missing and offers help -that is quickly refused- without thought. She is selfless and kind. And with the obvious hint of lavender that is present on all three, she assumes(no, hopes) they are family. But her bright, worried expression turns to shame when the pair begin to move off with a bittered edge. His emerald muzzle reaches to reassure her, he is there and without protest she leans into him for comfort -lavender eyes still watching the purple pair of equines moving away...
Krom has not unnoticed the golden dipped pegasus who has arrived and offered an identity and asking questions. The concern for his sister and the situation at hand turn with a shocked expression, to the one called Tiphon, "Well...that was...strange." Quickly he clears his throat and mind to address the winged horse with a dip of his head, "We are visiting the lands of the west to see if there are any who seek refuge in Tephra actually. Starting with Ischia as they are the plagued region of the west faction, but seeing as we hadn't found any of our family that used to reside there, we were hoping they had sought shelter here." His emerald eyes flicker to where the lavender pair had gone off to, "Seems we may have found others, but they did not live on Ischia when my mother Krone reigned there. A lot has changed recently with the shift of lands and we have come to find a scaled stallion has claimed my birth home. He seems less inclined to an alliance of any sorts." He doesn't add his personal opinion of the Kelpie King for everyone is entitled to their own...
His head dips as suddenly, in the chaos, he had not stated his own name, "My apologizes, my name is Kromium and this is my sister Kove. We have lived in Tephra for some time now, and just recently I have passed the Overseer responsibility to Magnus. Our ideal remains the same though, Tephra is very family oriented and welcoming of any who wish to call it home... Tell me Tiphon, what is the Islands stance in the wake of this tragedy?" He does hope it is not the same as who now holds Ischia. It would be beneficial for the lands to be united on the same front...
@[Tiphon] you can go, Kove is traumatized atm lol